Archive for January, 2009

Update: xVM VirtualBox 2.1.2 with Windows 7 support

Saturday, January 24th, 2009

Sun’s xVM VirtualBox has been updated to 2.1.2.

It packs, among other stuff, several Windows 7 related fixes and additions.

Shared folders still don’t seem to work… However, unlike in 2.1.1, I’ve been able to access the host machine’s disks via a UNC-style path (\\HOST-IP\c$, in my case: \\10.0.2.2\c$).

DOWNLOAD SUN VXM VIRTUALBOX 2.1.2
Get it now: Download VirtualBox 2.1.2 (32-bit)
exe installer, 35.6MB, MD5 sum: 6DA97C8E6D44378272C45F16929814D0

For 64-bit hosts: Download VirtualBox 2.1.2 (64-bit)
exe installer, 35.6MB, MD5 sum: 6DA97C8E6D44378272C45F16929814D0

Other stuff: VirtualBox for Linux, Mac, Solaris + SDKs and older versions

SUN XVM VIRTUALBOX SCREENSHOTS
WHAT’S NEW IN SUN XVM VIRTUALBOX 2.1.2
USB: improved support for recent Linux hosts
VMM: fixed guru meditation for PAE guests on non-PAE hosts (AMD-V)
VMM: fixed guru meditation on Mac OS X hosts when using VT-x
VMM: allow running up to 1023 VMs on 64-bit hosts (used to be 127)
VMM: several FreeBSD guest related fixes (bugs #2342, #2341, #2761)
VMM: fixed guru meditation when installing Suse Enterprise Server 10U2 (VT-x only; bug #3039)
VMM: fixed guru meditation when booting Novell Netware 4.11 (VT-x only; bug #2898)
VMM: fixed VERR_ADDRESS_TOO_BIG error on some Mac OS X systems when starting a VM
VMM: clear MSR_K6_EFER_SVME after probing for AMD-V (bug #3058)
VMM: fixed guru meditation during Windows 7 boot with more than 2 GB guest RAM (VT-x, nested paging only)
VMM: fixed hang during OS/2 MCP2 boot (AMD-V and VT-x only)
VMM: fixed loop during OpenBSD 4.0 boot (VT-x only)
VMM: fixed random crashes related to FPU/XMM with 64 bits guests on 32 bits hosts
VMM: fixed occasional XMM state corruption with 64 bits guests
VMM: speed improvements for real mode and protected mode without paging (software virtualization only)
GUI: raised the RAM limit for new VMs to 75% of the host memory
GUI: added Windows 7 as operating system type
VBoxSDL: fixed -fixed fixedmode parameter (bug #3067)
Clipboard: stability fixes (Linux and Solaris hosts only, bug #2675 and #3003)
3D support: fixed VM crashes for certain guest applications (bugs #2781, #2797, #2972, #3089)
LsiLogic: improved support for Windows guests (still experimental)
VGA: fixed a 2.1.0 regression where guest screen resize events were not properly handled (bug #2783)
VGA: significant performance improvements when using VT-x/AMD-V on Mac OS X hosts
VGA: better handling for VRAM offset changes (fixes GRUB2 and Dos DOOM display issues)
VGA: custom VESA modes with invalid widths are now rounded up to correct ones (bug #2895)
IDE: fixed ATAPI passthrough support (Linux hosts only; bug #2795)
Networking: fixed kernel panics due to NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernels < 2.6.20 (Linux hosts only; bug #2827)
Networking: fixed intermittend BSODs when using the new host interface (Windows hosts only; bugs #2832, #2937, #2929)
Networking: fixed several issues with displaying hostif NICs in the GUI (Windows hosts only; bugs 2814, #2842)
Networking: fixed the issue with displaying hostif NICs without assigned IP addresses (Linux hosts only; bug #2780)
Networking: fixed the issue with sent packets coming back to internal network when using hostif (Linux hosts only; bug #3056).
NAT: fixed port forwarding (Windows hosts only; bug #2808)
NAT: fixed booting from the builtin TFTP server (bug #1959)
NAT: fixed occasional crashes (bug #2709)
SATA: vendor product data (VPD) is now configurable
SATA: raw disk partitions were not recognized (2.1.0 regression, Windows host only, bug #2778)
SATA: fixed timeouts in the guest when using raw VMDK files (Linux host only, bug #2796)
SATA: huge speed up during certain I/O operations like formatting a drive
SATA/IDE: fixed possible crash/errors during VM shutdown
VRDP: fixed loading of libpam.so.1 from the host (Solaris hosts only)
VRDP: fixed RDP client disconnects
VRDP: fixed VRDP server misbehavior after a broken client connection
VBoxManage showvminfo: fixed assertion for running VMs (bug #2773)
VBoxManage convertfromraw: added parameter checking and made it default to creating VDI files; fixed and documented format parameter (bug #2776)
VBoxManage clonehd: fixed garbled output image when creating VDI files (bug #2813)
VBoxManage guestproperty: fixed property enumeration (incorrect parameters/exception)
VHD: fixed error when attaching certain container files (bug #2768)
Solaris hosts: added support for serial ports (bug #1849)
Solaris hosts: fix for Japanese keyboards (bug #2847)
Solaris hosts: 32-bit and 64-bit versions now available as a single, unified package
Linux hosts: don’t depend on libcap1 anymore (bug #2859)
Linux hosts: compile fixes for 2.6.29-rc1
Linux hosts: don’t drop any capability if the VM was started by root (2.1.0 regression)
Mac OS X hosts: save the state of running or paused VMs when the host machine’s battery reaches critical level
Mac OS X hosts: improved window resizing of the VM window
Mac OS X hosts: added GUI option to disable the dock icon realtime preview in the GUI to decrease the host CPU load when the guest is doing 3D
Mac OS X hosts: polished realtime preview dock icon
Windows Additions: fixed guest property and logging OS type detection for Windows 2008 and Windows 7 Beta
Windows Additions: added support for Windows 7 Beta (bugs #2995, #3015)
Windows Additions: fixed Windows 2000 guest freeze when accessing files on shared folders (bug #2764)
Windows Additions: fixed Ctrl-Alt-Del handling when using VBoxGINA
Windows Additions Installer: Added /extract switch to only extract (not install) the files to a directory (can be specified with /D=path)
Linux installer and Additions: added support for the Linux From Scratch distribution (bug #1587) and recent Gentoo versions (bug #2938)
Additions: added experimental support for X.Org Server 1.6 RC on Linux guests
Linux Additions: fixed bug which prevented to properly set fmode on mapped shared folders (bug #1776)
Linux Additions: fixed appending of files on shared folders (bug #1612)
Linux Additions: ignore noauto option when mounting a shared folder (bug #2498)
Linux Additions: fixed a driver issue preventing X11 from compiling keymaps (bug #2793 and #2905)
X11 Additions: workaround in the mouse driver for a server crash when the driver is loaded manually (bug #2397)

Update: Hypersnap 6.40.05

Friday, January 23rd, 2009

Here we go again… Hypersnap 6.40.05.

DOWNLOAD HYPERSNAP 6.40.05
Get it now: Download HyperSnap 6.40.05
exe installer, 5.09MB, MD5 sum: 40610BF52938CAA63F8C7CE5013C8FCB
WHAT’S NEW IN HYPERSNAP 6.40.05
Corrected corruption of top toolbar, when a notification about new version was showing up.

Update: Hypersnap 6.40.04

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

Can you take another Hypersnap update? :D

DOWNLOAD HYPERSNAP 6.40.04
WHAT’S NEW IN HYPERSNAP 6.40.04
Another correction to auto-scroll code… Sigh…

Update: ZOC Terminal 6.03

Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

ZOC running on Windows 7 Beta

ZOC running on Windows 7 Beta

The poweful SSH/Telnet/etc client ZOC terminal was updated to 6.03.

Even though the version bump is minor, it packs a healthy 20 fixes and improvements ranging from handy UI additions (“double clicking the empty part of the tabbar area opens a new empty tab”) to avoiding a potential crash.

I tested this release on a Windows 7 Beta install (inside a VirtualBox 2.1.2 machine) and it sems to work perfectly.

DOWNLOAD ZOC 6.03
Get it now: Download ZOC 6.03 (Windows)
exe installer, 3.86MB, MD5 sum: A85F9C26298C5522AC6617E414BA8993

Other platforms, resources: ZOC download page

WHAT’S NEW IN ZOC 6.03
- FIX: problem writing log files (OS X Leopard only)
- FIX: changed shortcut for Clear Screen from Cmd+# to Alt+# (OS X only)
- FIX: double clicking the empty part of the tabbar area opens a new empty tab
- FIX: X11 forwarding did not work under Leopard (OS X only)
- FIX: possible crash when aborting xyz-modem downloads
- FIX: problem with REXX ZocSend and 8-bit characters
- FIX: character translation dialog was broken in various ways
- FIX: some inconsistencies of keymap profiles with Mac keyboards (OS X only)
- FIX: problem loading keymap/translation files from shared folder
- FIX: some vt emulation engine improvements using vttest
- FIX: added some more characters from 437 codepage for midnight commander (OS X only)
- FIX: xterm screen restore after midnight commander did not work
- FIX: redraw errors when sizing the window with dynamic font size
- FIX: clicking on the active tab did not bring window to the foreground (Windows only)
- FIX: telnet accept port was always reset to 10023
- FIX: double click on word in scrollback did not give proper visual feedback
- FIX: Unexpected condition when serial device was removed
- NEW: REXX ZocSessionTab command now with new subcommand “SWITCHTO”
- NEW: xterm now also supports mouse clicks (left button only) and mouse wheel events
- FIX: speed up zmodem upload when started manually or by script

Update: Hypersnap 6.40.03

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

Hypersnap 6.40.03 is now available for download.

DOWNLOAD HYPERSNAP 6.40.03
Get it now: Download HyperSnap 6.40.03
exe installer, 6.28MB, MD5 sum: A94AA7FA1264E3C0081936AD9B4B2573
WHAT’S NEW IN HYPERSNAP 6.40.03
Fixed – For Office 2007 skins, check-boxes and radio buttons were too big, if Windows menu font was set larger than normal
Fixed – Paste command and Paste As New Image always set transparency
Made auto-scroll work with PowerPoint 2007 and Outlook 2007 message lists
Corrected menu font height to be the same as ver. 6.31 and older, and same as all other Windows programs.

Update: Hypersnap 6.40.02

Saturday, January 17th, 2009

Hypersnap 6.40.02 is out and about.

DOWNLOAD HYPERSNAP 6.40.02
WHAT’S NEW IN HYPERSNAP 6.40.02
- Fixed – start minimized flashes the open window first.
- The drawing toolbar can be again docked horizontally to the top or bottom of HyperSnap window.

Update: HyperSnap 6.40.01

Thursday, January 15th, 2009

Hypersnap 6.40.01 is now available for download.

DOWNLOAD HYPERSNAP 6.40.01
Get it now: Download HyperSnap 6.40.01
exe installer, 6.29MB, MD5 sum: 57430818136EE9CEDF65E336D42FD394
WHAT’S NEW IN HYPERSNAP 6.40.01
- Updated user interface with several “skins” to choose from on the “Options” menu – “Application Look”.
- Image tabs may be configured to be positioned above or below the image area, have different colors and properties. Right-click on a tab displays a short menu to close or save an image and to customize the tabs.
- Corrected auto-scroll to work with Google Chrome browser.
- Added File/Save command to the menu (in addition to “Save As…” that was always there)
- Moved “Close All” command from Window to File menu.
- Corrected a bug that caused sometimes HyperSnap to print multiple copies of an image, when only one copy print was requested.
- Automatic capture processing, such as converting to black & white, substituting colors, adding a shade or frame, inserting stamps – will turned off and you need to manually turn it on when you exit and restart HyperSnap. If you do need to preserve these options at all times, add “-ra” command line option to the shortcut you use to start HyperSnap (see online help, “Command line usage” chapter).

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